Marine fuel oils, includes Amendment 1
Warning: the production, transportation, storage and use of products specified in this Standard can be hazardous if suitable precautions are not observed. This Standard does not purport to address all of the safety considerations that can be associated with the product. It is the responsibility of the users of this Standard to establish appropriate safety and precaution measures and to determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1 Scope
This Standard specifies the classification and code, requirements and test methods, inspection rules, packaging, marking, transportation and storage, and safety of marine fuel oils derived from petroleum refining.
This Standard is applicable to fuel oils for marine diesel engines and their boilers. The specifications for fuel oils in accordance with this Standard is also applicable to those for stationary diesel engines of the same make and type as used for other marine machinery.
This Standard specifies four categories of distillate fuel oil, one of which is for diesel engines for emergency purposes. It also specifies six categories of residual fuel oil.
Note 1: For the purpose of this Standard, the term “petroleum” is used to include oil from tar sands and from shale.
Note 2: technical requirements for marine gas turbine fuels are specified in GB/T 29114[1].
Note 3: for the purpose of this Standard, "marine ship" refers to the ships suitable for sailing in ocean areas as specified in 3.1 of GB/T 7727.1-2008[2].
2 Normative References
The following documents for the application of this document are essential. For dated reference, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document (including any amendments) applies.
GB 190 Packing Symbol of Dangerous Goods
GB/T 260 Determination of Water Content in Petroleum Products
GB/T 261 Determination of Flash Point - Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Method (GB/T 261-2008, ISO 2719:2002, MOD)
GB/T 265 Petroleum Products - Determination of Kinematic Viscosity and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity
GB/T 384 Determination of Calorific Value of Petroleum Products
GB/T 387 Dark Petroleum Products - Determination of Sulphur Content - Tubular Oven Method
GB/T 508 Petroleum Products - Determination of Ash (GB/T 508-1985, eqv ISO 6245: 1982)
GB/T 1884 Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products - Laboratory Determination of Density-Hydrometer Method (GB/T 1884-2000, eqv ISO 3675: 1998)
GB/T 1885 Petroleum Measurement Tables (GB/T 1885-1998, eqv ISO 91-2: 1991)
GB/T 3535 Petroleum Products - Determination of Pour Point (GB/T 3535-2006, ISO 3016-1994, MOD)
GB/T 4756 Petroleum Liquids - Manual Sampling (GB/T 4756-1998, eqv ISO 3170: 1988)
GB/T 6986 Standard Test Method for Cloud Point of Petroleum Products
GB/T 7304 Standard Test Method for Acid Number of Petroleum Products by Potentiometric Titration
GB/T 11137 Black Petroleum Products - Determination of Kinematic Viscosity (Reverse-flow Method) and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity
GB/T 11140 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X - Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
GB/T 12575 Liquid Fuel Oils - Determination of Vanadium Content - Flameless Atomic Absorption Spectroscopic Method
GB 13690 General Rule for Classification and Hazard Communication of Chemicals
GB/T 17040 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
GB/T 17144 Petroleum Products - Determination of Carbon Residue - Micro Method (GB/T 17144-1997, eqv ISO 10370: 1993)
GB/T 20828 Biodiesel Blend Stock (BD100) for Diesel Engine Fuels
GB/T 23801 Determination of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME) in Middle Distillates by Infrared Spectroscopy Method
GB 30000.7-2013 Rules for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals - Part 7: Flammable Liquids
SH 0164 Petroleum Products - Rules in Packaging, Handling, Delivery and Acceptance
SH/T 0172 Determination of Sulfur in Petroleum Products (High-temperature Method)
SH/T 0175 Standard Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Distillate Fuel Oil (Accelerated Method)
SH/T 0253 Determination of Total Sulfur Content in Light Petroleum Products (Coulometric Method)
SH/T 0604 Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products - Determination of Density - Oscillating U-tube Method (SH/T 0604-2000, eqv ISO 12185: 1996)
SH/T 0689 Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons Motor Fuels and Oils by Ultraviolet Fluorescence
SH/T 0694 Calculation of Cetane Index of Middle-Distillate Fuels by the Four-Variable Equation (SH/T 0694-2000, eqv ISO 4264: 1995)
SH/T 0701 Determination of Total Sediment in Residual Fuel Oils by Hot Filtration (SH/T 0701-2001, eqv ISO 10307-1: 1993)
SH/T 0702 Determination of Total Sediment in Residual Fuel Oils (Standard Procedures for Ageing) (SH/T 0702-2001, eqv ISO 10307-2: 1993)
SH/T 0706 Petroleum Products - Determination of Aluminium and Silicon in Fuel Oils - Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Methods (SH/T 0706-2001, eqv ISO 10478: 1994)
SH/T 0715 Standard Test Method for Determination of Nickel, Vanadium and Iron in Crude Oils and Residual Fuels by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Atomic Emission Spectrometry
SH/T 0765 Diesel Fuel - Assessment of Lubricity Using the High-frequency Reciprocating Rig (HFRR) (SH/T 0765-2005, ISO 12156-1: 1997, MOD
NB/SH/T 0842 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel by Monochromatic Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
ISO 8216-1: 2010 Petroleum Products C Fuels (Class F) Classification - Part 1: Categories of Marine Fuels)
ISO 14597 Petroleum Products - Determination of Vanadium and Nickel Content - Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry)
IP 501 Determination of Aluminium, Silicon, Vanadium, Nickel, Iron, Sodium, Calcium, Zinc and Phosphorus in Residual Fuel Oil by Ashing, Fusion and Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry)
IP 570 Determination of Hydrogen Sulfide in Fuel Oils - Rapid Liquid Phase Extraction Method)
3 Classification and Code
In this Standard, according to ISO 8216-1: 2010, the marine fuel oils are classified into two major categories: Group D (distillate fuel) and Group R (residual fuel). The former is classified into four categories: DMX, DMA, DMZ and DMB, while the latter is classified into six categories: RMA, RMB, RMD, RME, RMG and RMK.
Distillate fuel is classified according to sulfur content into three grades: I, II and III; RMA and RMB residual fuels are classified according to sulfur content into three grades: I, II and III; RMD, RME, RMG and RMK residual fuels are classified into two grades.
4 Requirements and Test Methods
4.1 Marine fuel oil shall meet the performance index requirements given in Table 1 or 2, when tested in accordance with the methods specified in this Standard.
4.2 The fuel oil shall be a homogeneous blend of hydrocarbons derived from petroleum refining. This shall not preclude the incorporation of additives intended to improve some aspects of characteristics and performance of the fuel oil. The fuel oil shall be free from inorganic acid and used lubricating oil.
Note: see Appendix K.
4.3 The fuel oil shall be free from any material that renders the fuel unacceptable for use in marine applications.
4.4 DMX, DMA, DMZ and DMB distillate fuel oils shall be free from bio-derived materials other than "minimum" fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), where FAME shall be in accordance with the requirements of GB/T 20828. The blending of FAME shall not be allowed.
Note: see Appendix A.
4.5 The fuel oil shall not contain any additive or chemical waste that
a) Jeopardizes the safety of ship or adversely affects the performance of the machinery, or;
GB 17411-2015/XG1-2018 The following standards are cited：
